Apparatus for quenching or cooling coke.



No. 707,379. Patented Aug. l9, I902.

L. BEBTBAND. I APPARATUS FOR OUENCHING OR COOLING COKE.

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APPARATUS FOR OUENCHING 0R COOLING COKE.

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LEON BERTRAND, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

APPARATUS FOR QUENCHING OR COOLING COKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent .N 0. 707,379, dated August19, 1902 Application filed February 5, 1902. Serial No. 92,732. (Nomodel.)

T0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEON BERTRAND, engineer,a citizen of the FrenchRepublic,residing at 6 Rue Oondorcet, Paris, France, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for the Quenching orCooling of Coke, of which the following is'a specification.

According to this invention coke is quenched or cooled by a shortimmersion in water, so as to leave'in the quenched'or cooled coke only apredetermined quantity of water, which may be'less than one per cent.The

duration of the immersion depends upon the' amount of water that it isdesired to leave in the coke. This may be effected in various ways,according to circumstances. The coke may be delivered so as to falldirectly from the retort into a water-tank and remain under the waterfor a few seconds, after which it may be removed by means of anysuitable apparatus. I prefer to use an apparatus having blades orbuckets; and in; order that my invention may be fully understood I willproceed to describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, ofwhich- Figure l is a coke-quenching apparatus according to thisinvention provided with a coke-elevator and placed in front of a retortin the discharging stage. Fig. 2is a detailed View of the lower part ofthe apparatus. Fig. 3 is a plane View of the same.

The coke on leaving the retort 1 falls into a hopper 2, hinged to acasing 4,.forming a.

water-tank. Through the bottom 3 of the hopper 2 the coke passes intothe water-tank 4., whose casing, in which is mounted a bucket or bladeelevator, is mounted on a carriage 6, which runs on rails in front ofthe retorts. The chain of buckets or blades 7 passes over two pairs ofpulleys 8, whose axles are mounted in the said casin g. It is operatedby an electric motor 9 and raises the coke to an incline 10, whence itfalls into a truck 11, whereby the coke after being quenched by itsrapid and momentary immersion in the water-tank 4 can be conveyedawayand deposited or delivered where required. A ventilating-fan 12 maybe placed at the upper part of thesaid casing to enable the steamproduced by the immersion of the coke to be Withdrawn. In order tocompel the last pieces of coke to pass through the water to enable it tobe quenched 1. In an apparatus for quenching or cooling coke, thecombination with-a tank provided with a closed casing, of a hoppersuitably attached to said tank, means in the casing of said tank forcontinuously discharging coke, means in said tank for submerging all thecoke fed thereinto and means in said tank for carrying off the fluidgenerated by the coke while being immersed in the liquid contained insaid tank. p

7 2. In an apparatus for quenching or cooling coke, the combination witha water-tank provided with a closed casing, of a hopper hinged tosaidwater-tank, an endless carrier in the casing of said water-tank,means in said water-tank for carrying off the steam generated by thecoke while being immersed in the water contained in sai'dwater-tank, andmeans in said water-tank adjacent to thelower end of said hopper forcausing the immersion of all the coke fed into said hopper.

3. In an apparatus for quenching or cooling coke, the combination with asuitably-supported water-tank, of a hopper hinged to said water-tank, anendless carrier in the casing of said water-tank, a fan in the upper endof said water-tank, and a paddle in the lower end of said water-tankadjacent to said hopper.

4.. In an apparatus for quenching or cooling coke, the combination witha suitably-supported water-tank, of a hopper hinged to said water-tank,an endless carrier in the casing of said water-tank, a fan in the upperend of said water-tank for carrying off the steam ported Water-tank, ofahopper hinged to said trical means and gearing for operating said Inwatevtank, an endless carrier in the casing carrier, fan and paddle.

of said water-tank, a fan in the upper end of In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto set said water-tank for carrying OK the steam my hand inpresence of two subscribing witgenerated by the coke While beingimmersed nesses.

in the Water contained in said Water-tank, a LEON BERTRAND. paddle insaid Water-tank adjacent to said Witnesses:

hopper for causing the immersion of all the EDWARD P. MACLEAN,

coke fed into said hopper, and suitable elec- HIPPOLYTE LOTTE.

